Lightsource bp’s million module solar farm gets federal government green light
London-headquartered renewable energy developer Lightsource bp Australia has been granted federal government approval for its 450 MW Goulburn River Solar Farm, located in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, 28 kilometres southwest of Merriwa.
Allied Green taps AFRY to engineer solar and battery storage plant
Allied Green Ammonia has awarded Swedish outfit Afry the owner’s engineering assignment for the renewable power plant that is to support its large-scale green hydrogen to ammonia production project being developed in the Northern Territory.
LG Chem develops material capable of suppressing thermal runaway in batteries
LG Chem has announced that its Platform Technology research and development team has developed a temperature-responsive material that is described as capable of suppressing thermal runaway.
Altech puts sodium chloride battery prototype to test
Western Australian battery technology company Altech Batteries has announced its first Cerenergy ABS60 salt-based battery energy storage system prototype is online and operating successfully across a range of temperatures, confirming its thermal stability and commercial viability.
Horizon taps Pacific to power Exmouth with 80% renewables
Remote power supplier Pacific Energy has signed a multi-year agreement with West Australian regional energy provider Horizon Power to supply the popular tourist town of Exmouth with up to 80% renewable energy every year for the next 20 years.
South Korea’s biggest battery comes online
Korean utility KEPCO has completed a 978 MW battery project that is billed as Asia’s largest battery energy storage system for grid stabilisation purposes.
120 MW solar farm in far north New Zealand gets green light
New Zealand-headquartered utility Meridian Energy has been granted resource consent to build a 120 MW solar farm in Tai Tokerau Northland, 140 kilometres north of Auckland and is Stage 2 of its Ruakākā Energy Park.
Quinbrook picks GE Vernova for 1 GWh Supernode battery stage
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has tapped United States-headquartered energy equipment manufacturer GE Vernova to deliver an integrated battery energy storage system solution for the 250 MW / 1,000 MWh second stage of its Supernode project being developed in southeast Queensland.
New report highlights value of long-duration storage
State and federal governments are being urged to ramp up deployment of long-duration energy storage after a new report found significant capacity additions would result in 38% lower system costs than alternatives while playing a critical role in maintaining reliability as coal plants retire over the next decade.
Western Australia grants co-located storage works licence exemption
In an effort to support the adoption of low-emissions electricity supplies in Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System, the state’s government has extended distribution and transmission licence exemptions to include co-located storage.
